Something that utterly drives me mad....
#1
Something that utterly drives me mad....
.....People not stopping, ever, at pedestrian crossings.
I just walk over and make them stop, near me at disco gardens there are always indian, or sri lanks or whatever just standing there looking pissed off as car after car comes over.
So.....are they actually meant to stop over here? What's the law??
I just walk over and make them stop, near me at disco gardens there are always indian, or sri lanks or whatever just standing there looking pissed off as car after car comes over.
So.....are they actually meant to stop over here? What's the law??
#2
Re: Something that utterly drives me mad....
.....People not stopping, ever, at pedestrian crossings.
I just walk over and make them stop, near me at disco gardens there are always indian, or sri lanks or whatever just standing there looking pissed off as car after car comes over.
So.....are they actually meant to stop over here? What's the law??
I just walk over and make them stop, near me at disco gardens there are always indian, or sri lanks or whatever just standing there looking pissed off as car after car comes over.
So.....are they actually meant to stop over here? What's the law??
#6
Re: Something that utterly drives me mad....
Oh well, I'll keep on stepping in front of cars.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
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Re: Something that utterly drives me mad....
.....People not stopping, ever, at pedestrian crossings.
I just walk over and make them stop, near me at disco gardens there are always indian, or sri lanks or whatever just standing there looking pissed off as car after car comes over.
So.....are they actually meant to stop over here? What's the law??
I just walk over and make them stop, near me at disco gardens there are always indian, or sri lanks or whatever just standing there looking pissed off as car after car comes over.
So.....are they actually meant to stop over here? What's the law??
About the Indians/Sri Lankans being pissed, do you think if they were Whites or locals then cars would stop/more prone to stop?
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Re: Something that utterly drives me mad....
Good question. I don't usually stop for a number of reasons:
If I'm turning right at an intersection and there's nobody behind me I'm tempted to stop as long as they look ready to cross and traffic coming from my left is not too bad.
If traffic is bad and cars turning right are backed up, I will deliberately leave a big gap for them to cross.
If it's a main road with a crossing right in the middle (how nuts is that!!!) I don't ever stop because I know the SOB behind me will crash right into me.
If it's a smaller road and driving slow, I will always let people cross , anywhere anytime. But walking along the road, they will always get beeped. Same for the diagonal meandering and the bovine strollers.
I beep a lot anyway.
If I'm turning right at an intersection and there's nobody behind me I'm tempted to stop as long as they look ready to cross and traffic coming from my left is not too bad.
If traffic is bad and cars turning right are backed up, I will deliberately leave a big gap for them to cross.
If it's a main road with a crossing right in the middle (how nuts is that!!!) I don't ever stop because I know the SOB behind me will crash right into me.
If it's a smaller road and driving slow, I will always let people cross , anywhere anytime. But walking along the road, they will always get beeped. Same for the diagonal meandering and the bovine strollers.
I beep a lot anyway.
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Re: Something that utterly drives me mad....
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#12
Re: Something that utterly drives me mad....
The law is vehicles must give way to pedestrians at pedestrian crossings:
See number 43: http://www.dubaipolice.gov.ae/dp/eng...&mainlayid=196
The question wasn't: do you recommend I walk out in front of cars when i'm on a ped xing? or do drivers in the middle east actually give way to peds?
We all know laws here are upheld in a pretty haphazard manner anyway but I still wouldn't fancy your chances if you knocked over a person on a pedestrian crossing.
The question wasn't "what do you believe or understand to be the case' either...
Last edited by Jeeper; Apr 1st 2010 at 5:52 am.
#13
Re: Something that utterly drives me mad....
near me in the Marina, there're actually two pedestrian (zebra) crossings with a little "give way" sign (and line on the road) for cars. No warning for the cars, though... and do any of them stop? Nah...
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Re: Something that utterly drives me mad....
Jeeper is correct. Pedestrians do have legal right of way in the UAE. I rang the police once to ask (work related, I'm not a total geek) and they confirmed this. Also told me to let me know the details of cars that didn't stop, although I really can't imagine them doing much about that as they ignore the crossings themselves.
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However, if you are crossing in a non designated area and you are hit by a car, you are not covered by the insurance of of the car as it is classed as jay walking and the pedestrian is fined ! the law changed around 12 months ago
Last edited by banter64; Apr 1st 2010 at 6:06 am. Reason: missed a bit
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Re: Something that utterly drives me mad....
Yep, that cost my mate 2 fractured vertebrae, a split skull and 3000 AED when he got hit by a local doing 80kms in a back street down by the Iranian hospital.